Putin's Poker Face: What Sanctions?

Vladimir Putin is scoffing, but sanctions have already taken a toll on his richest citizens.

If Vladimir Putin is worried about the sanctions imposed on his closest allies, he's hiding it like a poker champ. Even his sanctioned allies have shrugged off or even mocked the measures. Yuri Kovalchuk, chairman of the sanctioned firm Bank Rossiya, claimed that it has benefitted from sanctions as Russians infected with patriotic fervor, including Putin, open new accounts. But despite the...